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Yes it has a higher roof, but that isn't generally what tallest buildings officially go by, at least by the Council of Tall Buildings, the elders have spoken at the council .
This would be a non issue if the Chicago Spire wasn't botched though.
No, NYC has the tallest building in the western hemisphere. NYC will have 6 of the 7 tallest once all buildings planned or u/c are completed.
No, the first one was filmed mostly in Pittsburgh. And the third one was filmed mostly in Detroit. So Pittsburgh and Detroit are global cities because a famous movie filmed there?
Because Chicago only has one big airport, and because Chicago, like Atlanta, is a big transfer hub. Places like NYC and LA have far more airport traffic, it's just divided into more airports, and it tends to be destination traffic rather than more transfers, as in Chicago and Atlanta.
And you're wrong anyways about overall airport traffic. LAX does come close to ORD. And JFK destroys ORD in terms of international traffic and % destination traffic.
Okay, I know this isn't the most relevant to this thread, but "Batman Begins" was filmed mostly in Chicago. Do you remember "Wayne Tower"? The building in the center of Gotham City?
I'm sorry, but a simple Google search reveals that Batman Begins was filmed almost exclusively in London and Chicago. The Dark Knight was also filmed almost exclusively in Chicago, the Loop is seein several of the shots of Gotham City.
Now the third one, The Dark Knight Rises was filmed in a multitude of cities. The football stadium was that of the Pittsburgh Steelers, many shots of the city came from NYC and LA. Chicago wasn't used at all in the 3rd one I do not believe. However, I have not heard that Detroit was used in the filming of the 3rd one.
Again, I know it's kind of trivial but I know the Dark Knight Trilogy filming locations, there was a lot of local pride in Chicago being chosen for the first two since Gotham City was almost always depicted as New York City.
Because Chicago only has one big airport, and because Chicago, like Atlanta, is a big transfer hub. Places like NYC and LA have far more airport traffic, it's just divided into more airports, and it tends to be destination traffic rather than more transfers, as in Chicago and Atlanta.
And you're wrong anyways about overall airport traffic. LAX does come close to ORD. And JFK destroys ORD in terms of international traffic and % destination traffic.
Actually Chicago has two major airports. O'Hare and Midway.
In terms of international traffic JFK and Miami have the most, but it makes sense since both are coastal cities on the ocean.
In terms of raw amounts of passengers, Atlanta claims the number 1 spot with 92 million passengers in 2011 and O'Hare comes in 2nd in the United States with about 66 million passengers.
Midway, though a fairly large and still international airport lags far behind at 20 million, which by most accounts is still a lot of people.
Yes it has a higher roof, but that isn't generally what tallest buildings officially go by, at least by the Council of Tall Buildings, the elders have spoken at the council .
This would be a non issue if the Chicago Spire wasn't botched though.
So when you're overlooking the city at the observation deck the height is the same whether you be in NYC or Chicago? I thought this new building was supposed to be 1,776 feet, that's a hell of a spire.
Actually Chicago has two major airports. O'Hare and Midway.
No, Chicago has one major airport. Midway is not comparable to any of the NYC airports. Midway has never, in its history, even had 20 million passengers.
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In terms of international traffic JFK and Miami have the most, but it makes sense since both are coastal cities on the ocean.
I have no idea what "coastal cities on the ocean" has to do with international traffic. The busiest international airports on earth quite often aren't "coastal cities on the ocean".
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In terms of raw amounts of passengers, Atlanta claims the number 1 spot with 92 million passengers in 2011 and O'Hare comes in 2nd in the United States with about 66 million passengers.
Not true. NYC has the most passenger counts in the U.S., and LA is second.
So when you're overlooking the city at the observation deck the height is the same whether you be in NYC or Chicago? I thought this new building was supposed to be 1,776 feet, that's a hell of a spire.
The Sears Tower also claimed "tallest building" before by adding the antenna later to move above the original WTC 1/2... the Spire is steel if I recall.
Totally fair game.
No, Chicago has one major airport. Midway is not comparable to any of the NYC airports. Midway has never, in its history, even had 20 million passengers.
I have no idea what "coastal cities on the ocean" has to do with international traffic. The busiest international airports on earth quite often aren't "coastal cities on the ocean".
Not true. NYC has the most passenger counts in the U.S., and LA is second.
Really, LAX is the only big airport in Los Angeles. I think John Wayne in OC might be the second largest?
As far as tech and higher education, I think Cal Tech takes the cake. That show Big Bang Theory takes place at Cal Tech / Pasadena. I know Pasadena isn't technically in Los Angeles, but I think it is close enough to count.
No, Chicago has one major airport. Midway is not comparable to any of the NYC airports. Midway has never, in its history, even had 20 million passengers.
I have no idea what "coastal cities on the ocean" has to do with international traffic. The busiest international airports on earth quite often aren't "coastal cities on the ocean".
Not true. NYC has the most passenger counts in the U.S., and LA is second.
Sorry, not sure where you are getting your information.
In 2012 Midway recorded 19,516,127 passengers rounding up that'd be 20 million and going by the increase cycles over the last several years it's very likely to say that Midway will break 20 million passengers in 2013.
The busiest airports aren't coastal cities? London? NYC? Los Angeles? Hong Kong? Singapore? Malaysia? I suppose those aren't major coastal international airports.
You might want to review passenger counts per the airports in the United States. Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta routinely tops the list of the busiest airport in the world, not just the United States. Over 90 million, even Beijing doesn't have that many.
In 2012 O'Hare recorded about 67 million and LA recorded 63 million. JFK is the 6th busiest airport in the United States by raw passenger amounts, coming in at 49 million behind Denver and Dallas-Fortworth, not that impressive, sorry.
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